The definitive Jewish music fake book! 212 songs for every possible occasion, selected by the world's foremost authority on Jewish music. Includes music for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, parties, and holidays in all music styles: Klezmer, Israeli, Dance, Yiddish, Sephardic, Hassidic, and more. Everything the professional musician will need for any Jewish event. Includes an alphabetical and category index. Songs include: Adir Hu * Adon Olam * Am Yisrael Chai, Az Der Rebbe Zingt * Bashana Haba'a * Chad Gadya * Choson Kale Mazel Tov * Dayenu * Di Grine Kuzine * Dodi Li * Donna Donna * Eliyahu Hanavi * Freylechs * Hal'lya * Hunkah Blessings * Hatikva * I Have a Little Dreydl * Jerusalem Is Mine * Kol Nidre * Light One Candle * Ma'oz Tsur * Miserlou * Od Lo Ahavti Dai * Oifn Pripitchik * Papirosn * Rumania * S'vivon * Shalen Alechem * Sher * Siman Tov * Tsena Tsena * Ufaratsta * Wedding March * Yidn * Yossel Yossel * Zemer Atik * and many more!
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good collection but incomplete:
This is an expansive collection of Jewish songs. However, like many "fake" books there are too many wrong chords that need correcting.There is generally only one chorus or verse and additional verses must be found elsewhere. With better editing this could have been a great book.
Absolutely GREAT:
This is an absolutely great collection. I find almost everyhting I need to play in this one book. Nothing more can be said, except no I don't work for the publisher :)
Great Resource!:
This is a great resource for any musician to have. I recently played at a synagogue for a food festival, and I put together a small jazz group to play some songs out of this book. It is nice that it has chords and words, and enabled us to play with a jazz combo. The only suggestion I would have for this book would be to detail what specific holiday, occasion, or festival each song belongs to, so that someone doesn't play a funeral song at a birthday or something!
Otherwise, this book is laid out very... more info
More for Proffessional Pianists:
This book has an incredible selection of Jewish Songs, although the greatest downfall is that its lead sheet music. Most pianists from the age of 6 to 16-17 don't know how to read lead sheet music to a degree that is enjoyable. Most young pianists have not learned how to improvise nor even understand the logic of advanced chord structure and sound. i prefer that Amazon sells a Jewish song book that has Piano utilizing both the treble cleff and base cleff.
